Book Review
HOLLYWOOD’S PORTRAYAL OF RELIGIONCatalyst October Issue 2009, Book Review
Peter E. Dans Christians in the Movies: A Century of Saints and Sinners by Peter E. Dans (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) This book documents the changing portrayal of Christians in film from 1905 through 2008. Films respectful of Christianity such as “Lilies of the Field,” “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” “The Sound of Music,”... [Read more...]
CULTURE AT WARCatalyst September Issue 2009, Book Review
L. Brent Bozell III In my line of work you can be on the receiving end of some pretty interesting mail. When it’s a manila envelope without a return address, if it isn’t anthrax, it’s some nut’s compilation of faded newspaper articles dating back to the 60s allegedly proving some bizarre point; or even worse, it’s a manuscript; or worse still,... [Read more...]
ENGAGING AN ALIEN WORLDCatalyst May Issue 2009, Book Review
Kathryn Jean Lopez American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile by Richard John Neuhaus (New York: Basic Books, 2009) To order call 1-800-343-4499 or order online atwww.perseusbooksgroup.com In the late Father Richard John Neuhaus’s American Babylon, the author cites his friend, the late Avery Cardinal Dulles, whose funeral at St. Patrick’s... [Read more...]
PSYCHOLOGY’S RELIGION PROBLEMCatalyst April Issue 2009, Book Review
Pauline Magee-Egan Psychology’s War on Religion, edited by Nicholas Cummings, et al. (Phoenix, Arizona: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, 2009) Order online at www.zeigtucker.com or call 1-800-666-2211 The editors of this important volume have assembled the writings of various experts to comment on several religions and the impact of psychology’s stand... [Read more...]
Treason of the IntellectualsCatalyst January/February Issue 2009, Book Review
By: Joseph Varacalli Anne Hendershott, Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education, Transaction Publishers In a recent e-mail sent to me, a distinguished Catholic priest and well-known mover and shaker in Catholic circles made reference to “the forty years war (1965-2005) for the Catholic Church in America that was concluded with a definite... [Read more...]
THE TRAGEDY OF POPULATION CONTROLCatalyst December Issue 2008, Book Review
By: Susan A. Fani Steven Mosher, Population Control: Real Costs, Illusory Benefits, Transaction Publishers Matthew Connelly, Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Steven W. Mosher’s book explains the tragedy of the population control movement and the need to prevent depopulation... [Read more...]
HITLER’S REAL RELIGIOUS ADVISOR
By: William Doino, Jr. Icon of Evil: Hitler’s Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam by David G. Dalin and John F. Rothmann (Random House) Two years ago, Pope Benedict XVI delivered an address in Regensburg, Germany on the relationship between faith and reason. That speech, which challenged elements of the Islamic world, created a firestorm of controversy,... [Read more...]
A CATHOLIC BISHOP SHOWS THE WAY
By: Kenneth D. Whitehead Chaput, Charles J., O.F.M. Cap., Render Unto Caesar: Catholic Witness and American Public Life, New York: Doubleday, 2008. Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is one of the American Catholic bishops today who most nearly approximates the ideal of what the Second Vatican Council said that a Catholic bishop ought to be, namely,... [Read more...]
THE THREAT OF THE NEW ATHEISM BY MIKE SULLIVAN
Scott Hahn & Benjamin Wiker: Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins’ Case Against God, Emmaus Road Publishing Is it time to crack down on religion? After all, religion is responsible for all the trouble in the world, isn’t it? The September 11 attacks were in the name of religion. Galileo was silenced in the name of religion. Everywhere... [Read more...]
ROOT CAUSES OF HAPPINESS
Bill Donohue Q: “Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who is the Happiest of Them All?” A: You are. That’s right, in general, those who are the most likely to be reading this article are the happiest of them all. The obverse is also true: The odds are that those who would never read anything associated the with Catholic League are the most unhappy of... [Read more...]